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'Hit the Brakes': Anthropic CEO's Push to 'Pace' AI Development Called Latest Sign Congress Must Act
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (691+ words) CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. L "When the future of humanity is at stake we need a PAUSE on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence," said Sen. Bernie…...
Warning AI 'Could Mean the Demise of Humanity,' El-Sayed Backs Development Pause
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (489+ words) Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan on August 23, 2026. "Enough is enough. We need to make sure that the pace of development isn't outpacing the pace of risk." "That's something we should be…...
'Deaths Will Continue to Mount,' Scientist Warns After August and Summer 2026 Set US Heat Records
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (737+ words) The rubble of a burned-out residential home smolders in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026. "It's unconscionable that the federal government is putting specific industry interests, including fossil fuel companies’ profits, ahead of people’s health and safety." Under…...
Union Report Warns Electronic Shelf Labels Could Kill Jobs and Crush Wages
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (638+ words) Automated digital display price tags at Petco store, Manhattan, New York on October 12, 2023. Some states are cracking down on "surveillance pricing." But a report out from the AFL-CIO suggests that the risk of electronic shelf labels are much broader than…...
Wendell Berry: 'Stay Away From Anything That Obscures the Place It Is In"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (607+ words) We lost a writer and poet this week who talked about how modern life is not only ecologically destructive but also traps us in a manufactured world, cut off from other living things. He suggested we slow down and learn…...
With Planet Set to Overshoot 1.5??C Threshold, Emissions Must Still Be Cut Rapidly to Limit Damage: UN Report
1+ week, 4+ day ago (749+ words) Tactical firefighters set a backfire to a plot of land to prevent the wildfire from spreading as the winds change in Louchats, France, on July 17, 2022. "Overshoot doesn’t have to mean surrender," said one campaigner. "The size and length of that…...
Consumer Confidence Hits Lowest Level in Months as US Faces 'Trump's Reckless Tariffs and War With Iran"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (446+ words) We vow—with your help—to keep fighting like hell for it. Our journalists are working overtime to cover the onslaught of horrors and the growing resistance—fighting for peace, democracy, and an economy that serves the working class, not…...
Thank Idiot, Greedy Republicans If You're Upset With $40 Trillion in US Debt
3+ week, 2+ day ago (539+ words) US President Donald Trump displays a graph entitled "Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers" as he speaks on his renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a "Beautiful, Clean Coal" event in the Oval Office of the White House…...
$40 Trillion in US Debt and the Rich and Powerful Are Laughing
3+ week, 3+ day ago (775+ words) US President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Keep following the money…...
'Bessent Is a Political Actor': Treasury Move on Bond Market Seen as Midterm Damage Control
3+ week, 4+ day ago (479+ words) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. "Trump is going to pump billions of dollars into the bond market to push…...